1977 New Zealand rugby union tour of Italy and France

1977 New Zealand rugby union tour of Italy and France
Summary	P W D L
Total	09 08 00 01
Test match	02 01 00 01
Opponent	P W D L
France	2 1 0 1

The 1977 New Zealand rugby union tour of Italy and France was a series of nine matches played by the New Zealand national rugby union team (the All Blacks) in Italy and France in October and November 1977. The All Blacks won eight of their nine games, losing only the first of the two internationals against France.

Matches

Scores and results list New Zealand's points tally first.

Opposing Team	For	Against	Date	Venue
Italy President's XV	17	9	22 October	Padua [1]
French Selection	45	3	26 October	Stade Municipale, Brive [2]
French Selection (South-East)	12	10	29 October	Stade Municipal, Lyon [3]
French Selection (Languedoc)	12	6	1 November	Perpignan [4]
French Selection (South-West)	34	12	5 November	Stade Armandie, Agen [5]
French Selection (South-West)	38	22	8 November	Stade Municipal, Bayonne [6]
FRANCE	13	18	11 November	Stadium Municipal, Toulouse [7]
French Selection	30	3	15 November	Stade Chanzy, Angoulême [8]
FRANCE	15	3	19 November	Parc des Princes, Paris [9]

Touring party

• Manager: Ron Don
• Assistant manager: Jack Gleeson
• Captain: Graham Mourie

Backs

• Bevan Wilson (Otago)
• Bryan Williams (Auckland)
• Brian Ford (Marlborough)
• Bruce Robertson (Counties)
• Stu Wilson (Wellington)
• Mark Taylor (Bay of Plenty)
• Bill Osborne (Wanganui)
• Brian Hegarty (Wellington) replacement during tour ^[10]
• Doug Bruce (Canterbury)
• Brian McKechnie (Southland)
• Mark Donaldson (Manawatu)
• Kevin Greene (Waikato)

Forwards

• Graham Mourie (Taranaki)
• Kevin Eveleigh (Manawatu)
• Lawrie Knight (Poverty Bay)
• Gary Seear (Otago)
• Dick Myers (Waikato)
• Robbie Stuart (Hawke's Bay)
• Frank Oliver (Southland)
• Andy Haden (Auckland)
• Gary Knight (Manawatu)
• Brad Johnstone (Auckland)
• John Ashworth (Canterbury)
• John McEldowney (Taranaki)
• Andy Dalton (Counties)
• John Black (Canterbury)

References

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9. "175th All Black Test – 730th All Black game". stats.allblacks.com. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
10. https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/brian-patrick-hegarty

• Jenkins, Vivian (ed.). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1978–79. Macdonald and Jane's. pp. 32–38. ISBN   0-354-09047-X.